Databases

Use our subscription databases to find citations and full text articles. To get started, just click on the database that you would like to search. If you're outside the library, you may need to enter your library card number and PIN in order to access the database.

• Digital Media
• Digital Learning
• Free Library Catalog

Awarded “Best Library Digital Resources” by Philadelphia Magazine

• Academic OneFile

  Find peer-reviewed, full-text articles from journals in the areas of the physical and social sciences, technology, medicine, engineering, the arts, literature, and more. More than 18,000 peer-reviewed journals and more than 9,200 in full text.

  Available To: All Free Library locations and online with your library card.

  • Art
  • Homework Help & Study Aids
  • Literature
  • Medical
  • Newspapers, Magazines, & Journals
  • General Research
  • Science
  • Social Science
  • Technology
  • Adults
  • Teens

• Gale Health and Wellness (formerly Health and Wellness Resource Center)

  Find accurate, up-to-date information on a full range of health topics, from current diseases and disorders to in-depth coverage of alternative medicine practices. Access full-text medical journals, magazines, reference works, multimedia, and more.

  Available To: All Free Library locations and online with your library card.

  • Health and Fitness
  • Medical
  • Adults
  • Teens
  • Seniors

• HealthCare.Gov

  Official guide to the health care, health insurance and the Affordable Care Act

  Available To: All Free Library locations and online with your library card.

  • Government Information
  • Health and Fitness
  • Medical
  • Adults

• KidsHealth

  KidsHealth is the most-visited site on the Web for information about health, behavior, and development from before birth through the teen years.

  Available To: All Free Library locations and online with your library card.

  • Children
  • Health and Fitness
  • Medical
  • Adults
  • Children

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This project is made possible in part by Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services and through Library Access Funds administered by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, Department of Education, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Wolf, Governor.